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Small plane crashes into a home

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Nov 13, 2012 / 7:43 pm

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Fire fighters begin to clean up site at a west Jackson, Miss., home where authorities say a small plane carrying three people crashed shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday evening, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Authorities say all three people aboard a plane were killed when it crashed into a house in a Jackson, Miss., neighbourhood.

The Piper PA-32 single-engine plane went down Tuesday evening in a neighbourhood of modest, single-family homes near Hawkins Field Airport.

Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart confirmed three people died. She said dental records or DNA would be needed to confirm their identities.

A hospital spokesman says one patient from the scene was in good condition at University of Mississippi Medical Center. He would not give details citing privacy laws.